Apparatus for dispensing aerated liquids.



No. 695,3I4. Patented Mar. II, I902. w. HucKs, In. APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING AERATED LIQUIDS.

(Application filed Aug. 5, 1901.) (No Model.)

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WILLIAM HUCKS, JR, or Lennon, ENGLAND.

APPARATUS FOR DISPENSlNG AERATED LlQUlDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 695,314, dated March 1 1, 1902.

Application filed August 5, 1901. Serial No. 70,982. (No model.)

T (1 whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM HUOKS, J12, engineer, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at a Acacia Place, St. Johns Wood, London, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Use in Dispensing Aerated Liquids; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of-my invention is to provide simple and efficient means by which aerated liquid can be dispensed in small quantities from a container thereof, and relates to apparatus of the class wherein the aerated liquid is drawn off from the container into a closed intermediate receptacle from which it is poured for consumption.

In apparatus constructed in accordance with my present invention a part constituting the termination of the pipe through which the aerated liquid passes from the container is provided with a nozzle flexibly connected to the said part,a valve controlling the outlet, and another part connected to the first part and carrying the intermediate receptacle into which the aerated liquid is drawn ofi, so that the mouth of the said receptacle can be brought into contact with the flexibly-connected nozzle. The said flexiblyconnected nozzle is provided with a spring (or its equivalent) by which it is brought into and maintained in such'position that the controlling-valve is closed, and the said spring also offers sufficient resistance to motion of the said nozzle as to cause the mouthof the receptacle when brought into contact with it to make a tight closure on it. When motion is given to the said receptacle, it first makes this tight closure on the said flexiblyconnected nozzle and then imparts movement to it, the said nozzle in turn imparting movement to the controlling-valve and opening it, thus establishing communication between the intermediate receptacle for the drawn-oil liquid and the container.

The apparatus according to my invention may be constructed as follows and as illustrated in vertical section in Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings, Fig. 2 being asimilar View of an application of a modification applied to a siphon or analogous container.

Referring first'to Fig. 1, the end of the pipe A, leading from the container or an attachment to the said pipe, projects from a partition, wall, or standard B through a rose 19 and encircling tube q, being held in place by the nuts a. Toward the end of the said tube A is a seating for a valve a, which opens inwardly. The said valve has a spindle a projecting outwardly from the end of the said pipe A, so as to be adjacent to the upper end of the nozzle E, connected to the end of the said pipe by flexible tubing J, of india-rubber or other suitable material, confined by the flanges e and 0 the said nozzle being retained in place by the flange g in the tube q. Surrounding the said pipe A and flexible tubing J is a spiral spring H, the lower end of which rests upon the top face of the flange e, the other end bearing on a nut 0 secured on the tube A, The tube q has at its lower end the lug 7b, to which is hinged at h the holder F for the bottle or receptacle G for receiving the drawn-off aerated liquid, so that the mouth of the said bottle or receptacle when operated as a handle by turning on the center it is pressed into contact with the lower end of the nozzle E, which is provided with an elastic plug a to make a tight closure in the month of the bottle or recep tacle G. When aerated liquid is to be drawn off, the bottle or receptacle G is depressed at its lower end and the bottle-holder moves on its joint h, and the mouth of the bottle or receptacle makes a tight closure on the plug 6 and then by continued movement of the bottle or receptacle G the nozzle E is moved until its inner part comes into contact with the head a at the end of the valve-spindle a and opens the valve a, and aerated liquid passes into the bottle or receptacle G through the perforations in the head a of the valve. When the pressure on the lower end of the said bottle or receptacle G is released, the spring H returns the nozzle E to its normal position and the valve closes, and then the bottle or receptacle G can be turned upon the hinge-joint h, causing the mouth of the bottle or receptacle to come away from the nozzle E and permitting of the bottle or receptacle being turned upon the center h and the contents poured out for consumption. 7c is a snifting-perforation for the passage of superfluous gas from the bottle or receptacle G before it leaves the nozzle E, the said passage is being closed by the head a (which may be covered with an elastic covering,) while the valve a is open.

In the arrangement Fig. 2 the tube A is made as a combination of the head of a siphon or analogous container and carries the lug h, to which the holder F for the bottle or receptacle G is centered at h, the flange g retaining the nozzle E and the valve a bearing on a valve-seat in the piece a screwed in the tube A, the flanges of the elastic piece J being forced against the inner side of the nozzle E and against the piece a by the spring H. The operation is the same as in the arrangement Fig. 1, and the corresponding parts are marked with the same letters of ref- The attachment of the holder F to the pin 72/ is shown in this arrangement as being made by a hook attachment, so that the holder and bottle or intermediate recep-' tacle can be removed and replaced as desired.

I claim as my invention- In apparatus for dispensing aerated liquids from containers thereof,the combination with the outlet from the container of a valve-seating and a valve provided with a stem projecting outward, a longitudinally-movable closing device, a flexible sleeve extending between the part carrying the valve and the closing device, and a centered carrier adapted to be turned as a lever, and means for normally keeping the valve closed and the closing device protruded, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affiXed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM I-IUOKS, J R.

Witnesses:

W. GERALD REYNOLDS, WILLIAM JOHN WEEKS. 

